Clark State to hold graduation for police academy cadets

Clark State College will hold a graduation ceremony for 15 cadets from the Basic Peace Officer Training Academy next month.

The ceremony will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 5, at the Clark State Performing Arts Center, 300 S. Fountain Ave. in Springfield, the college stated in a release.

“The cadets spend five to seven months of intense training to start a long and rewarding career in police service for our communities,” Paul Weber, commander of the Clark State Police Academy, said. “They complete over 730 hours of training. We are proud of their accomplishments and wish them all success as they move forward.”

Weber said the college is sending well-trained cadets into the workforce, and that he is confident they’ll make excellent police officers.

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The fall 2021 police academy graduates include:

Casey Gullet, of Champaign County; Nathan DeRouchie, Stephen Garrett, Casey Moore, Storm Morris, Tyler Reading and Tim Tincher, Jr., of Clark County; Daniel Conroy and Dominic Parks, of Franklin County; Cody Smith, of Greene County; Bryce Goodrich, of Logan County; Dillan Rice, of Madison County; and Nicholas Crone, Sean Richards and Cameron Thurmond, of Montgomery County.

The police academy training facility features a subject control and physical fitness center, and a new practical training room used for hands-on training for domestic violence, crime scene, DUI enforcement training and Milo System training, which is a weapon scenario-based training to train officers in the use of force, the release stated.

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The college offers four officer training academies a year for 25 cadets each, including two four-month daytime academies and two six-month evening academies. The next evening academy session begins Jan. 4 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. The next daytime session will begin May 7 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Prospective cadets must complete the OPOTA application and other required forms, pass a physical assessment test, a physical, a drug screen and be fingerprinted for a BCI background check, the release stated. They must be 21 years of age at the time they take the state certification exam, have a valid Ohio driver’s license, a high school diploma or GED equivalent and can’t have any felony or violent misdemeanor convictions, the release stated.

To enroll or for more information, call 937-328-6050.

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Brooke Spurlock covers education, crime and more in Clark and Champaign counties as a reporter for the Springfield News-Sun. She has been a writer for over five years, which includes her previous work as a breaking news desk investigator. Spurlock has her bachelor's in mass communications with a minor in psychology and her associates in paralegal.